Pillow-sham frame



(No Model.)

J. A. KNIGHT.

PILLOW SHAM FRAME.

No. 258,438. Patented May 23, 1882.

ATENT rrrcn.

JOHN A. KNIGHT, OF AUBURN, MAINE.

PlLLOW-SHAM FRAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 258,438, dated May 23,1882.

Application filed March 15, 1882.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN A. KNIGHT, of Auburn, in the county ofAndroscoggin and State of Maine, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Pillow-Sham Frames; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,whichwill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and toletters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

Figure 1 shows a front view of my apparatus attached to a bed and turnedup so as to hold the shams off from the pillows. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation with the frame turned down over the pillows. Fig. 3 is a sideelevation of the frame turned up as in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a detailshowing the joint in the roll. Fig. 5 is a detail showing the manner ofholding the roll in position.

Same letters show like parts.

My invention relates to frames attached to the heads or head-boards ofbeds to support and lift pillow covers or shams, as they are called.

The invention consists in the combination of a roll, a, a spiral spring,I), a c..tch, 0, two perforated ears, 61, wire rods e c, and cord f, ashereinafter explained.

Before my invention rods or frames have been constructed and attached tobeds to raise, let down, and hold either up or down the coverings orshams of pillows. My invention is different from these in constructionand in the combination ofparts. The roll a extends across the head-boardand has two journals, 9 g. These work into the holes for their receptionin the ears d. The hole g is cut up through to the edge of the ear, sothat the roll can be taken off its bearings when the sham is to becleaned. A spiral spring, I), presses the end of the roll opposite tothe one at which said spring is located against the inner face of theear. The journal g has the projection or catch 0. When the roll isturned so as to lift the sham offthe pillows and hold it up against thehead- (No model.)

board of the bed the projection c is pressed by the spiral spring 1)into the extension of the hole g, and thus holds the roll turned up inthe manner referred to. When the roll is to be so turned as to allow theshams to cover the pillows the roll a is pushed so as to throw theprojection 0 out of the extensionof the hole 9, and the roll can then berevolved.

The pillow sham or shams are held extended over the frame y. This iscomposed of the parts 0 c and e and the cordf. The parts 0 e consist oftwo wires twisted together and separated at the bottoms, so as to enterthe roll, as seen at 0, and thus make the rods firm in their position.At the outer ends they are formed into eyesp. The part c is formed ofthree wires twisted together attached to the roll, as seen at q, andformed into the eye 19 at the top, as seen in the drawings. The cordf issecured to the roll near each end ofit, passing through the eyes 1).

The sham is attached in any convenient manner to the roll at r. Theroll, when required, is made so as to be capable of being lengthened, asshown in Fig. 4. It is so done by having it split a part of its length,in the manner seen in the drawing referred to. It is then out into onopposite sides, as seen at 8, so as to divide the roll"into two parts,as illustrated. The ends of the two split portions are fitted withferrules t, so as to hold the two parts as they slide 011821011 other,or when stationary.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The combination of the roll a, spiral spring I), catch cb, ears (7, wirerods 0 c c, and cordf, the same eing made as herein set forth andattached to a bedstead, as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM HENnY CLIFFORD, JOHN P. KERRIGAN.

